Checklist

• The decision aid describes the condition (health or other) related to the decision.

Yes

• The decision aid describes the decision that needs to be considered (the index decision).

Yes

• The decision aid identifies the target audience.

Yes

• The decision aid lists the options (health care or other).

Yes

• The decision aid has information about the positive features of the options (e.g. benefits, advantages).

Yes

• The decision aid has information about negative features of the options (e.g. harms, side effects, disadvantages).

Yes

• The decision aid helps patients clarify their values for outcomes of options by:
a) asking people to think about which positive and negative features of the options matter most to them AND/OR
b) describing each option to help patients imagine the physical, social, and /or psychological effect.

Yes

Criteria to lower the risk of making a biased decision

Answer

• The decision aid makes it possible to compare the positive and negative features of the available options.

No

• The decision aid shows the negative and positive features of the options with equal detail.

No

• The decision aid compares probabilities (e.g. chance of a disease, benefit, harm, or side effect) of options using the same denominator.